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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?
(a) Honors.
(b) Political authority.
(c) Government money.
(d) Resources.

2. Aristotle says that those who write constitutions are statesmen, philosophers and what?
(a) Elders.
(b) Professionals.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Laymen.

3. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?
(a) The gears in a mill.
(b) The capstone in an arch.
(c) The hub of a spoked wheel.
(d) The supporting column of a building.

4. Democracy is a corruption of what?
(a) Communal rule.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Polity.

5. Aristotle says that a government will have problems when more of its people are interested in profit than in what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Honor.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle explains that in the Greek city-states, more than one type of what has been used?

2. What does Aristotle think is the solution to crime?

3. Aristotle believes that people should be trained for what?

4. In an oligarchy, Aristotle believes that there are normally what type of requirements on citizenship privileges?

5. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?

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